CIEG445 Study Guide - Spring 2019, Comprehensive Final Exam Notes - Thermogenics, Symbiosis, Sustainable Engineering

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Explain the structure of this class and dr. saxe"s approach to teaching industrial ecology. Recognize and recall the names of class members. Industrial ecology is the study of flows of materials and energy in industry and consumer activities and the influence of economic, political, regulatory, and social factors on resource flow, use, and transformation. A deliberate approach to sustainability which includes economic, social, and technological factors and takes a systems view. Focus thinking on more efficient response that society can make to environmental and related health and social stresses is to examine predominant factors involved in generating those stresses. Stresses on earth are influenced by needs of the population. Environmental impact = population x gdp/person x environmental impact/unit of gdp. Gdp is a measure of industrial and economic activity. Ipat means i impact, population a is affluence, and t for technology (impact per unit of gdp) General trend for population, affluence, and technology is increasing.

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